ADOLF HITLER

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ADOLF HITLER
Adolf Hitler changed the course of history. His childhood strongly shaped his
personality. There were many deciding factors that determined the kind of person Hitler
finally became.

Adolf's father was Alois, an illegitimate child, his mother was Marie
Schickulgruber. Alois took his fathers name Hitler before Adolf was born. Alois was
already a successful border guard when he was 18, and later became an Austrian customs
official. He retired in 1849 after 40 years of service. He was 58 and retired early because
of bad health.

After he retired he bought a nine acre farm near the small town of Hafeld. His
dream was to live a country life, but the farm took much more work than he expected.
Since his health was poor, he had a very hard time making a living on the farm. He had
always found that spending time with his children was irritating, but on the farm they were
forced to work side by side. This was difficult for Alois, who was very hard on the
children. He often beat them when they didn't mind. Adolf's father's main hobby was bee
keeping, often the mother had to remove 30 or more bee stingers at the end of a day.


Alois married his former house keeper, Klara Poelzl, in 1885 she was already
pregnant. Klara had three children who died when they were very young, before she had
Adolf. Five years late she had a daughter, Paula. Even though Klara was kind to her step
children she showed...

Submitted by: digitalessays
Date Submitted: 12-04-2003
Category: History
Words: 1385
Pages: 5.54